Gretzky is hoping to get more offensive production from the Coyotes tonight and in the preseason finale Saturday night vs. the Los Angeles Kings at Jobing.com Arena.

“We talked a lot today about generating more speed in the neutral zone,” Gretzky said after Thursday’s practice. "One of the things that we have as a tremendous positive and a good weapon is our speed and our energy, so we want to generate some more speed in the neutral zone. We worked on that a lot today …We’re just not scoring enough.”

Meanwhile, Gretzky has liked how the Coyotes have played defense.

“We’re really happy with our defensive coverage,” Gretzky said. “I think our guys have been really responsible, and people have been in the proper defensive positions, and we haven’t given up a lot of two-on-ones or three-on-twos. So, there are good signs early in the season."